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C. D. RElAD, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS. Letters Patent No. 87,004, dated February 16, 1869.

IMPRO'VED .APPLE-COREE. AND CUTTER The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and makingv part of the same invented a newand useful Improvement in Apple- Gorer and Gutter; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those-skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompany-I ing drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improved machine for y hereinafter more fully described.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal side view of the machine, showing the operation, an .apple being seen, in red color, attached to the spindle.

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section of fig. 1, through the line :v x.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. v

A represents a curved bar which is attached to the bed-plateiIB, and which supports the spindle C, and one end of the core-tube D, as seen in the drawing.

E is the cutter-head, which is rigidly attached to the bar A, by locking on at the bottom, and by a singl'e screw at the top.

The core-tube D is connected with the head E by the cutting-knives F, by means of lugs on the head, and is central therewith, as seen in fig. 2, and at right angies to and central with the spindle, O.

g is a point projecting om the end of the spindle, and

h is a detachable cone on the, end of the spindle.

The operation will be readily understood from the drawing.

The apple is placed uponA the point g of the spindle, as seen in the drawing, land then crowded againstthe Vcore-tube and knives F, by a blow of the hand on the knob fi. l

-'It will be seen that the core of the apple will bev taken ont by the core-tube, and that the apple will be cut into as manypieces as there are knives in the head.

The cores will Ibe discharged from the other. end of the tube.

In this example of my invention there are six knives, but I do not confine myself to that or any'other par ticular number'.

In forcing the apple on to the knives andcore-tube, the cone h bears against the apple, as seen in the draw- The knives areattached to the head by lugs, as seen I at j.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination of the curved bar A, head E, radial cutters F, tube D, horizontally-sliding rod O, cone h, and prong y, all arranged as described, for` the purpose specified.

C. D. READ.

Witnesses UHAs. A. F. SWAN, GEO..D. WOODMAN. 

